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THE OREGON DAILY. JOURNAL., PORTLAND, .THURSDAY EVENING, JANUARY 13, 1910.
SALVADOR B
T
PROGRESSIVE t)F
21
REPUBLICS
Was First to Declare lndcpentf:
crice of Spain Spends Mil
'' lions'; Annually for Govern-
mental Purposes. T: ; .
y---.il Virdorlc J. Iakln.. 1.
. Washington, Jan. IS. Salvador la tho
smallest of the 21 'republics of the new
. world.; but What It lack In slse la mad
Qtv by population- It la the moat thickly
. Inhabited 'ob. them all.. Only atx of
the states kof our own -country have
denser, population Rhode Island, Mas
saehusetta, New Jersey, New York,
. I'ennsylvanla and Connecticut., it th
' United States as 4 whole were as pop
ulous In proportion ltwould show over
' sooyvu.wuv innaDiiania ai ins luruicuiii
. Ing census. - , ,
JL-,4 rirs Seolare Xndspsadsnet,
' It ws the . little republlo of Salvador
that first 'declared Its Independence of
'Spain,: as Venesuela -had dons In South
A America. Its plan was to annex Itself
to the United States, and a government
V ctKlly had been formed for that pur
TW'Sa. The formal resolutions applying
for admission to the union were passed,
ani a delegation began preparations' for
. tbl Journey to' Washington. But b-
fojjfcthe start was made tljs other Cen
; traT AiVrlcan states Joined Salvador In
declaring their freedom from Spanish
rule, and' they decided ' that a little
United Btatss of their own was about
the right thing for them. -So the ap
plication of Salvador for admission to
the union was never, received officially
The. United SUUeeof Central America
was created, but Its ' disintegration
quickly followed.
. , Salvador is the only North American
republlo that does S not touch both
' neeans It la contiguous - only to the
Paclflo ocean. .It tiss no real harbors.
. Its ports are on open roadsteads, where
, the passengers and freight must be
s landed by lighters. The passengers are
lowered Into the lighters by a cage at
tached to the hoisting, machinery of the
ship, and when tbey land they are
taken up In similar cages attached to
the pier derricks. -
Cattle are lifted aboard by heavy
topes fastened to their horns. Of course
they .kick and .squirm and twist, and
sometimes a steer's horns break and
ne Tans neaviiy to me lighter, per
haps breaking his neck or a leg. If
this happens his throat Is cut and he
bleeds to death. If there were a so
ciety for the prevention of cruelty to
animals In ' Salvador short shift would
be made of this method of handling
cattle.. Horses are placed In a sort
1 of sling when they tare loaded or un
loaded, which Is far more humane In-J
Its results. - :
I People Given to port. . .
,The men of Salvador are much given
. to sports, and among these cock, fight
ing and btill fighting have first place.
Professional cock trainers are employed,
and they, spend, much time .Jo... trying
to teach the young birds to bo frood
generals. s No Jeffries was ever trained
with more patience than a. Salvadorean
fighting cock Is coached by these pro
fessionals. Some of the birds wear
spurs' that are as sharp as knives, and
tho, trainer who can teach .them, to han
dle these to the best advantage Is sure
to have Ms sen-Ices. In great demand.
It Is barbarous while It lasts, but the
battle Is short. Americans have tried
to persuade the Salvadoreans to-fight
their birds with natural spurs, but
such sport Is too tame for them.
At Christmas, time the mind of the
average Central American turps toward
religious things. In Honduras It takes
the form of. the enactment of the Pas-'
slon Play, though It has degenerated
, from ta satred performance into a sort j
of phantaatlc spectacle to amuse the
rabble. 1 In Salvador It usually find
expression In the enactment of th
aeenes of the Adoration. The best room
In the house Is often fitted up like
stable with a manger, and sometime
the scene Is made the more real by
bringing 'In donkeys. The shepherds
and the wise men 'are there, and' on
the whole'lt Is a realistic production
There is much rivalry between the
various families of a community
make the best display, with the resul
tlMtt ,mnnyi lavlalr scenes are. arranged.
- Productive lul'
Salvador Is a veritable land of vol
Canoes, there being 11 of them with!
sight of San Salvador, the capital. Of
these, however, only two are active, th
others having become extinct years ago,
Ths country Is so. crowded, . however,
that the, people pay. but little attention
to - the volcanoes, getting as closs to
them as the streams of lava will permit.
Although Salvador Is crowded. Its peo
pie are able to raise more than they
need themselves, and have a big balance
oi trade on their side of the ledger. Ac
cording to the latest available figures
they were able to sell U worth of prod
ucts for every f 4 worth they had to buy.
The balance of trade In their favor Is
almost.' as great In proportion as . that
of the, United States Itself.
, aood racking' Demanded.
The transportation facilities In this
part of the world are so poor that tho
American fault of packing goods lightly
and Insecurely results In much damage.
The harbors are choked with sand so
that the cargoes of ships must be con
veyed. through the surf on lighters for
distances , varying from, one to three
miles. After goods reach the shore they
.must be transferred to the Interior. In
canoes, on the backs of mules, and fre
quently- carried. ' through swamps .' by
men? consequently the matter of --pack
Ing must command special attention to
Insure the articles arriving at their des
tination Intact. . Not long ago several
boxes'of merchandise toppled overboard
from one of the lighters., part of these
boxes were from Europe and the others
from the United 8tstea. When the goods
were recovered It was found that those
pieces which had been packed In Europe
were. Ilnett with oil paper and the con
tents were not damaged, while those
which were packed In the United States
were, rendered valueless from the mis
hap. It may be argued that this was
an unusual occasion, but almost every
mule train that makes Ha way Into the
Interior encounters heavy rains, and
merchandise cannot be packed too
curely to warrant Its safe arrival.
Progressive People. .
Although the smallest of the Central
American republics, Salvador spends
more money for governmental purposes
than any of the other.' In a recent year
It spent f4.4S0.OOO for such purposes,
while Guatemala, next . in order, spent
$S,t2,000. Much of this goes to Infernal
Improvements. . The people are Indus-
trlous, progressive and enterprising, and
these qualities are reflected In the state
of the government.
Everything- Grows.
There are no great haciendas, or
ranches, in Salvador as there are in
Mexico and Guatemala. The land Is
thorourhlv subdivided, so that nearly
every, rural family owns and tills fts
own little farm..- The soli is very fer
tile, and the' heavy rains make things
grow incredibly fast., The coast of Sal
vador Is almost the only place In the
world 'where the balssm tree grows un
cultivated. - Here it flourishes so pro
fusely that the territory Is known as the
Balsam coast. " The balsam sap, which
s gathered by Indians, Is used In mak
ing perfume and several kinds of medi
cine. Salvadorean coffee sells for aboat
nine cents -e- pound, and some- of -h
larger coffee plantations' yield several
million pounds. a season. :
Indigo Is one of the principal exports.
It Is made from a plant which grows
where the ground Is high and rocky.
The crop is planted In ' May and Is
ready for harvest In September, at which
time the flower buds are richest in
indigo.. The plants are cut off a few
Inches from the ground, tied In bundles
and placed In - big water filled vats.
Heavy pressure Is placed upon - them,
not by the hydraulic process familiar to
us, but by piling on heavy stones. When
all the Juice has been pressed out of
the plants a kind of shrub Is placed la
the water which causes the solid mat
ter to settle to the bottom like grounds
n a coffee pot. Then the water Is
drawn off. end the residue Is a sort of
bluo mud, ready to bs dried and pow
dered Into Indigo. ' , '
. KloaragTta's Attitude.
In closing this series It may be well
to quote from an editorial printed re
cently in a Central American paper
commenting on the trouble In Nicaragua
and the intervention of the United
States: ,- ,'
"We are soon Yo witness, the sight
of the eagle swooping down cm Its de
fenseless victim to tear out Its vitals
with talons of steel, robbing It of life
as well as liberty. There Is to be writ
ten one chapter more of those shameful
and reproachful pages of which history
Is already full, a' chapter in which an
Indifferent world V will hear -vibrating
ths ery of a Poland, of a Transvaal, of
a Korea. We 'have wished for another
goverouwmt In Nlcragn,-buf we have
feared the Intervention of America,
which we consider an act worthy only
of baughty Rome, which fell at last.
ruined by ths leprosy of her corruption.
ws have wished that Zelaya would fell,
but not by the blow of a foreign In
vader. Therefore. If necessary, wt
would gladly see today the tyranny.
which ' yesterday we execrated, reunlt
Ing in its turn all Nlcarsguans and
hurling itself against the hosts of the
modern Xerxes, leaving on the field of
battie written In blood the record of
the last struggle for freedom." ;
If the fUry philippic of this writer
realty is a true reflection of the con-
caption his people have of the United
States', attitude toward Latin-America,
then indeed, our southern neighbors do
not possess ths intelligence with .which
they have been accredited. Do they pot
know that without the protection of the
Monroe Doctrine every acre of their ter
ritory would have gone the way of
British Honduras? ..Do they .not know
that instead of 'tearing out the vitals
of defenseless victims," the Amerloana
Jjavs helped .Cuba to its feet and then
sal lid awsy not only once but twice?
Do they not know that If the, Americans
had any intention of gripping them
with "talons of steel." .and doing all
the other awful things . which they
charge, that the Job would have been
completed long yearr ago? , The beat
answsr to such anVwtbreak as' the one
quoted above Is "Forgive them, they
know not whet they do." ,.'
CAR SERVICE TO .
BER1ATED
TomorrowHaJley and His. Comet
EXTENSION 0FH0IE
L
OPTION NOT WANTED
Reports which have been current for
several days to. the effect that Norman
Bros, of Spokane have asked for a 60
days extension of their option on the
stock of the Portland Hotel company
are not true, according- to statements
made todsy by one of the large holders
of stock In the company.
On the contrary, there Is every reason
to believe that Portland's largestsiios
telry will pass under the control of
the Normans prior to February 9. the
date of the expiration of the option.
One of the Normans Is now in the
east where It is understood that he suc
ceeded in financing the project for tak
ing over the hotel stock.- Manager Bow
ers of the Portland said this morning
that he regarded it as practically cer
tain that ' the -Normans had .completed
their financial arrangements and are
prepared to take up their option at any
time.
It"!s reported" tnst another offer has
been made for the porperty and that in
event the Norman deal falls through
syndicate of Minneapolis and Call
fortila capitalists,' headed by a local fl
nancler stands ready to take over the
hotel.
M. C. A. NEGLECTS
POOR BOYS; CATERS
TO-RICH, IS CHARGE
-Afyric tenor of
ie first rank
now smgs for the EDISON
While New York audiences are crowding to hear Slczak
at $5.00 a scat, you, wherever you are, can hear him,
not only in one opera but in the principal tenor arias
from all the more prominent operas that he sings,
i Ask your dealer t6 play for you Slezak's rendering
of "Celeste Aida," the most beautiful and best known
aria from Verdi's masterpiece. !
. Only on Amberol Records can you get Grand Opera ;
as .it is meant to be played and, as it is played at the
3 -Metropolitan Opera House. And only on thfEdison
Phonograph do you get Amberol Records.
A AmberOla Theseest
(SnecUl PI patch to The Journal.) ,
North Yakima. Wash., Jan. It.
The board of ..directors and
other supporters of the local T.
M. C. A. were severely, arraigned
at the annual meeting of the di
rectors by Director C. H. Hln
man. lie charged that the di
rectors and officers of the asso
ciation were devoting their time
to the boys who have good homes
and attend church, and are neg
lecting the boys who do not have
proper home surroundings and
who do not belong to any church.
He said the North Yakima Y.
, M. C. A., is being turned Into an
exclusive club. - which- Is abso
lutely contrary to the Idea of
Its founders. He said much .more
good would be accomplished If,
the directors snd officers would
not devote themselves so assid
uously to having a good time
and would give more time to
giving attention to the poor and
those in need of the association's
Influence. . -
ure. ' It comas in
U $200.00. Itplsys
Edison. Is a wonderful musical in
strument, with the horn concealed built into
the cabinet of this most beautiful piec or luroltu
several finishes of Oak snd Mttsotanr and tbe price
both Edisoo Staodsrd and Amberol Kecoras.'
. Anr-Hrtlon dealer will be glad to play for too the Slesak Records on
i the AmberOla hear them today. There are Edison dealers evenrwbere.
vSdisoaPheaogrSpbs - $12.50 to $200.00 fedisoa Standard Records J JS
, , 'V Edison Amberol Records (play twice ss lone) $.3 . ,
v ' Edison Grand Opera Records -75 and 1.00
'4 Get oxfmf catsloffi from your desler or from us. , .
Nattonal Pbonotrapa Ce 78 Ukeside Avas Oraag. 1. J,
WILD WEST NAMES TO
BE TAKEN FROM IDAHO
Boise, Idaho, Jan. 13. Such names as
"HanRtnan's Gulch" and "Seven Devils'
will be removed from the map of Idaho,
If ssuccess crowns the movement
launched here today at a meeting called
to organise a state geographical society.
Even the historic Snake river, as fa
mous as the state of Idaho Itself, will
have to 4nd Its way from the Yellow
stone to Its mouth under some such pro
saic cognomen as Clarlr or Smith.
The geographers declare that many
of the geographical names now in use
In Idaho are highly inappropriate, being
suggestive of sensationalism and yel
low novels, snd thereby give strangers
a mistaken idea of the state. A change
in the objectionable names, they say,
would greatly. help tn the movement to
attract capital" and settlers to Idaho.
Talking
Machine
Head- ;
quarters
Edison
Machines
and - -Records
-'
WUvy ;
pianoroIieJb&ir
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Washington Street
Talking
Machine
Head
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Edison
r Machines
- and
Records
Clilld Labor Conference.
' Boston, Mass.. Jen. l$.--The ; sixth
national conference on- child , labor, un
der the auspices of the national child
labor committee, began In Boston today
with, an attendance of delegates repre
senting nearly all parts, of the country.
"Child Employing Industries". ls the
main toplo to be dlBcuased by the con
ference, which will continue Its- sessions
during- the next four days. The condi
tions under which - children . are em
ployed In the textile, glass and coal
mining industries, the canneries and
tobacco fields and . In the. -various
street trades and home Industries will
be exhaustively discussed.' Other sub
jects to receive the attention of the del
egates are the enforcement of the child
labor laws In the various states, voca
tional direction,? and-.the proposed- fed-
1 eral children's bureas. v; - j' '
i-lt you are suffering from biliousness,
constipation, indigestion,' chronic head
ache. Invest' one cent In a postal card,
send tot Chamberlain Medicine Co., Des
Molne.. Iowa, Vlth your name, and address-plainly
on the back, and they will
forward you a free sample of Cham-.
berU'n's Stomach and. Liver Tablets, ,
Councllmen Rushlight,' Lorn
. . bard. and . Ellis Named to
c, Look Into Complaint.; v
t The Streetcar service of the Portland
Railway, Light A Power company will
be Investigated toy a committee consist
ing of Councllmen Rushlight Lombard
and Kills. The city council, at Its sd-
Journed session yesterday afternoon,
authorised Mayor Simon to- appoint a
committee- of Investigation: and tbe
mayor Immediately, appointed ttse three
councllmen named. -A meeting of the
committee will be held within the next
few days and all complaints from the
public will hereafter be referred to It
. There was , no opposing vote In the
council, to the recommendation ' of the
liquor license committee that restaurant
liquor licenses be granted to the Pekln,
Yin Kin Lum and Hop Chung Lung
cafes. Councilman Kills declared that
' a CTLtYranra kat.ekitast. ' ' -.:
W..F.' Beers. 17-7tlt ave.. Peoria, 111.,
writes: "I have been troubled for some
time with kidney trouble, so severely at
times I -could scarcely carry my grips.
After using ons bottlof Foley's Kidney
Pills I have been entirely relieved, and
cheerfully recommend them, to all."
Foley's Kidney Pills are healing and
antiseptlo and will restore healtrr and
strength. Skidmore Drug Co., 151, Third
street. . .. . .
he was opposed to all Chinese and Japa
nese restaurants, but he did not con
sider the matter Important enough to
cast his vote upon It. He was out of
the council chambers when the roll call
was msde. . '. , '. ,; ,"
Hie billboard ordinance drafted by
Councilman Ellis was referred to , the
health and police committee.
- Kills' ordinance for the recovering of
city property on the- waterfront at the
Joot'of Main. street was referred to the
Udlelary and election committee. This
was the first step In the effort of the
councilman to get back for the publlo
much valuable property which has been
used by private corporations and Indi
viduals. ' -' " , ' "'
The council psssed, the ordinance
drafted by the . city . attorney In ihe
morning, approving the plans and specl
fictions prepared by Engineer Modjeekl
for the new Broadway bridge. The
bridge will land on ' Seventh street on
the west side of the liver, this having
been decided upon by the council yes
terday, A landing at the point designated.-will
aave the city a considerable
sum 6f money.
Mayor Simon yesterdsy- asked Coun
cilman Menefee to go to Washington,
D. C,' to present . the - Broadway
bridge matter before the war de
partment and If possible to secure the
consent of the department, without fur
ther delay, to the building of the bridge.
Mr. Menefee will let the mayor know
tomorrow whether he can make the trip,
i A large number of ' massage parlor,
danoe hall and shooting gallery licenses
were granted by the council, The dupli
cation of Fred Woodhouse for a trans
fer of his liquor license was referred
to the liquor license commlttse.
Vibro-Vacuum Institute.
We treat all diseases, hyperenlo treat
menC ' Give trial treatment free Satur
days only, I to II m. 411-411 Henry
building. - . ,
J. S. KELLER KNOWS
E
N PIGS IS P GS
Big bogs Of 100 pounds . may , excite
wonder today, but in olden days there
were hogs anf a hog. lis was raised
near Eugene and in bigness and fatness
he made all around him and all since
look like Just plain, plebeian pork. ;
"He belonged to the Eugene mill in
the early '70' s," said J.' 8. Keller, a plo
noer, Portland butchy. who was telling
about the hog yesterday to disprove a
statement-that a certain 600 pound pig
recently brought to Portland was the
biggest every seen here. '
' 'That beast was so big he made all
the rest seem little. Down at the mill
he got so fat they had to kenp water
running on him all the lme. They bad
to bring him to Portland on- a flat car
all by hliriaelf. He was all that could
be carried on a truck, and when-, he
waa huna up In my market at First
and Madison streets I held an exhibition
and pretty near the whole town came
to aoe him. He weighed mora than boo
pound a ' - , '
"Just about that time I found a steer
that weighed 2800 pounds down at Tilla
mook. I sent him down to my farm and
fed him a whole year then It took five
days to drive him in. But I tell you. 1
had a bigger show than any they have
bad since."
Mr. Keller Is now 7( years old and
lives at 40t Market street. Despite In
creasing years he Is strong and well
and takes great delight In recalling
events related to the remarkable growth
of Portland. But he la convinced that
no bogs will sver be raised to equal
the hog. i
How to Get Ru
of Catarrh
A Simple, SafeV Reliable Way,
and It Costs Nothing to Try.
Thoas who suffer from catarrh knmv
Its miseries. There is no need of thu
suffering. Tou csn get rid of It by
simple, safe. Inexpensive, home treat
ment discovered by - Pr." Blosser, w ho,
for over thirty-five years 'has been
treating catarrh, successfully,
His treatment Is unlike any other. It
Is not a spray, douche, salvs, cream, or
Inhaler, but Is,' more , direct and
thorough treatment than any of thesn.
It cleans out ths head, pose, throat and
lungs so thst you can again breathe
freely and sleep without that stopped
up feeling that, all catarrh sufferers
have. It heals ths diseased - mucous
membranes and arrests the foul - dis
charge, so that you will not b constant
ly blowing your nose and spitting, and,
st tbe same time It does not poison, the
system ard ruin the stomach; as " in
terns! medicines dO. '',(,. ',''' r.
If you - want to test tut trestment
I V. a . . 'An ..nil vn.i. a.t.... 1i.
J. W. Blosser, 61 Walton street, At
lanta, Oa., and he will send you. by re
turn msil enough of the medicine .to
satisfy you that It. Is all he clalma for
It as. a remedy for catarrh, catarrhal
headaches, .catarrhal deafness, asthma,
bronchitis, colds and all catarrhal com
plications, lie will also send you rres
an Illustrated booklet Write him Im
mediately, . ir "
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Presenting a MAMMOTH CLEARING-HOUSE TRANSACTION, including MARKDOWNS OF THOU.
SANDS OR DOLLARS OF OUR REGULAR STOCKS. This takes in all odd lots and lines of which we have
too many in struck; also purchases of thousands of dollars of dependable, .high-grade merchandise bought at enor
mous discounts, which the manufacturers, for good business reasons, have closed out to us at unheard-of price
concessions. All to be gold in this great JANUARY MARKDOWN SALE.
Every FFflcever aipiig OmefflaBf aiiSI
$25 and $30 Soils for $14.90 1 $22.50 Voile Shirts, ,$11.90
" " . ) "j 1 1 - ' 1 " .' .. "' " .:
We urge you strongly to see this grand lot Altman French Voile Skirts, made in
of Suits. Note carefully, they are made of plaited, gored and sheath model effects,
fine all-wool homespuns, worsteds, broad- in deep fast black, strictly man-tailored,
cloths and serges. Fabrics such as are used Some trimmed with wide and narrow taf-
In high-grade garments only. All the new- feta silk bands; others with yoke effect of
est coat effects, kilted and plaited skirts, rich silk braid, ornamented with large silk
Coats lined throughout with satin. Remem- braid buttonsf Every skirt cut large and
ber, they are values that r A A full. They come in fv"i r A A
are worth regularly to f 10 1 7 I till all sizes. ., These skirts fW ' Y , IJfl
$30 and are the grand- V 1 1 are values regularly V C v
est bargain ever offered. 0y 1 1 n f worth to $22.50 each. qu
Special at, the suit . Specially priced at: . . ;K .
$30 Tailored Dresses $9.98 Women's Long Coals $9.90
Beautiful One-Piece Dresses, made of finest One hundred fine Coats in this lot. Made
gVade all-wool French serge and broadcloth, of all-wool materials and tailored in plain
Elaborately trimmed with jet buttons, eni- and fancy styles. They are made in all
broidered panel front and cuffs,: m all the the most wanted styles and shades. Come
most wanted colors. Here's iiri m a sizes They are val- yfv A A
where you buy two dresses f I0fj II Ix ues that are sold regularly f IV till
at the price of one. Take V Vlf ) U at prices up to $20.00 each. Vi" ! V V
your choice of them, while ca Specially priced for this cyo
they last, at.; r sale at ... . . . ; ; . . ;.. . . . . r
3000 Pieces of Underwear Mow on Sale
This sale eclipses any
thing ever before at
tempted. The prices are
sensationally low. The
garments are full fash
ionedneatly finished, of
the best possible fabrics.
The offerings are of un
limited variety, and the
values surpass anything
ever known in Portland.
AU$2Gowns,Sale9Sc
Hun d re d s of beautiful
Gowns, by far the best val
ues ever of fered anywhere.
Every one elaborately
trimmed with laces and
embroidery-. They come
in roun d, squ are 'or V
necks and long or - short
sleeves. Choice of
these $2.00 hand-Vl (,
some gowns, .
95c Drawers Only 50c 85c Corset Covers 50c $2 PctUcoats Voi7 DSc 1
Elegant White Muslin Beautiful Corset Covers, Beautiful White Petti- !
Drawers, elegantly trim'd made of sheer lawns, nain- coats, cut full, long and
with fine wide embroider, sook and ctossbar dimities, wide. Handsome patterns ::
ies. All sizes and sanitary Deep yokes; neatly; trim'd in laces and embroidery, h
made. Reg. 85c and 95c with - laces, embroideries trimmed on wide flounces, t
values. Take your PA Vi and ribbons. Reg. P A" some, tucked, some hem
pick of the lot at, flP 75c and 85c:val-npf f,1130!32'
the pair. r;f;ePw4 ues now.C .wvU ; "es ? W n
- - .v." -. $2.50 each.' Choice ) :
$2 Corsel Cover & Drawer Comblnafns 92c 'o C -